Good Shepherd Baptist Church
Good Shepherd Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Columbus, OH 43211. It is one of 1,053 churches in Columbus, and one of 132 Baptist congregations in the city.
To encourage and unify the body of Christ in spiritual growth, reach out through missions, and be available as a resource for those in need through prayer, counseling, and assistance.
The Good Shepherd Baptist Church was incorporated in the State of Ohio on January 30, 1976, under the leadership of Dr. Harold E. Pinkston.
Columbus, OH, 43211Service times
Sunday | 9:30am; Sunday | 10:50am; Tuesday | 7:00pm (as listed)
Good Shepherd Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,342 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Ohio — 71,417 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
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The community around Good Shepherd Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 47.7%
- Child Poverty: 45.6% (28.7–62.8%)
- Social Isolation: 45.2%
- Food Insecurity: 44.5%
- Poverty Rate: 38.5% (26.0–51.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.7%
- Diabetes: 21.3%
- Unemployment: 15.8% (6.2–25.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.2% (8.9–27.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.1%
- Depression: 26.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Columbus city is served by 545 churches — about one congregation for every 1,492 residents.
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